Eyre

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eyre \Eyre\ ([^a]r), n. [OF. erre journey, march, way, fr. L.
     iter, itineris, a going, way, fr. the root of ire to go. Cf.
     {Errant}, {Itinerant}, {Issue}.] (O. Eng. Law)
     A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in
     eyre (or in itinere).
     [1913 Webster]


  
     Note: They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit,
           holding courts in the different counties.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Eyre
       n : a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet
           below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the
           lowest point on the continent [syn: {Lake Eyre}]